Correction: An earlier version of this article said judicial nominations could require a 30-hour waiting period before a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate. Nominations for circuit courts could be required to wait up to 30 hours. District court nominations, however, could require up to a two-hour waiting period.

Senate Democrats have started a push to get confirmation votes for stalled judicial nominees this year, but Republicans made it clear they won’t make it easy for President Barack Obama’s picks for the bench.

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